1155 Spec

Fledge · 11 May 2011 at 18:00

Due to an unfortunately faulty motherboard and UTTERLY TERRIBLE RMA SERVICE FROM A DIFFERENT ETAILER, I no longer have a motherboard.

I DID have an Asus Maximus III Formula (P55 1156) and an i5 750.

I've now got £143.15 to spend on a new motherboard.
The 1155 socket motherboards have caught my eye, with their extremely good CPU's for overclocking. Of course, that would mean also getting a new CPU which would also mean I would need to sell my i5 750.

This is where you lot come in: I need you to spec me an1155 chipset motherboard and CPU. I think I can get up to £100 for my current i5 so obviously I'm going to have to cash out on one for this socket.

The less I spend on the motherboard, the more I have for the CPU; so I'm really looking for a price/performance spec. However this doesn't mean I'll cop and go for the cheapest mobo because of the price.

Thanks all,
Fledge.

Predicament · 11 May 2011 at 18:02

MSI P67 is a great choice.

Not too sure about how advantageous the Z68 mobo's are.

stulid · 11 May 2011 at 18:03

Your basketProduct Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Gigabyte Z68X-UD3P Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £148.98
(£124.15) £148.98
(£124.15)
Sub Total : £254.14
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.73
Total : £316.37

£305 with free delivery.

KiiYzOo · 11 May 2011 at 18:07

You will have to spend at least £250 as the motherboards start at around £100
Cheapest 2500k spec
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Gigabyte P67A-UD3-B3 Intel P67 Chipset (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £105.20
(£87.67) £105.20
(£87.67)
* Sub Total : £217.66
Shipping cost based on delivery to paypal address, EH31 2DX with:
FREE SHIPPING (DX Secure Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £43.53
* Total : £261.19

Or I'd recommend this others may recommend something else but
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Asus P67 Sabertooth Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £149.98
(£124.98) £149.98
(£124.98)
* Sub Total : £254.97
Shipping cost based on delivery to paypal address, EH31 2DX with:
FREE SHIPPING (DX Secure Next Day)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : FREE
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.99
* Total : £305.96

Operation · 11 May 2011 at 18:44

Well at least we know where to find you now

Fledge · 11 May 2011 at 19:30

Thanks for the ideas lads

Should I take into account whether the motherboard is Z68, P67 or H67? I mean, do these categories have any defining features?

RJC · 11 May 2011 at 19:33

Yes, the Z68 & P68 allow overclocking of the k series cpu's, were the H67 & P61 do not. The latter 2 and certain Z68 boards allow use of the internal gpu on the cpu.

The Z68 has some extra features with regards using SSD drives.

J-FRO · 11 May 2011 at 19:44

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor with FREE Operation Flashpoint Red River Game £155.99
(£129.99) £155.99
(£129.99)
Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Gigabyte Z68MA-D2H Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
(£91.66) £109.99
(£91.66)
Sub Total : £221.65
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.00
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £46.13
Total : £276.78

It's a mATX board though...

Fledge · 11 May 2011 at 20:48

Hmm I'd rather not get a micro ATX board.

£155.99 Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge)
£134.99 Gigabyte P67A-UD3P-B3 Intel P67

Does that sound good? Or, does this motherboard not do what I need? - nobody has mentioned P67 yet

Operation · 11 May 2011 at 21:10

P68 was just a typo obviously.

I'd stick with the suggestions above.

Fledge · 11 May 2011 at 21:27

Alright then I think I'll go with stulid's spec, even though I really wanted to save money on this one

Surveyor · 11 May 2011 at 21:30

Fledge said:
Alright then I think I'll go with stulid's spec, even though I really wanted to save money on this one

If you don't need the featues of Z68 you could get a cheaper P67 board.

KiiYzOo · 11 May 2011 at 21:30

Both the specs I put were p67

Fledge · 11 May 2011 at 22:20

Surveyor said:
If you don't need the featues of Z68 you could get a cheaper P67 board.

That's probably true, I only really need a sturdy board with respectable overclocking capability - although I would like to try out the touch-bios feature Gigabyte have hanging around